Curator Michael Darling stands alongside the Takashi Murakami work “And Then, And Then, And Then, And Then,” part of the upcoming Murakami exhibit titled “The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg” at the Museum of Contemporary Art.

Curator Michael Darling stands alongside the Takashi Murakami work “And Then, And Then, And Then, And Then,” part of the upcoming Murakami exhibit titled “The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg” at the Museum of Contemporary Art.

“Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg,” opening June 6, 2017, displays massive, and massively detailed, canvases and argues for a fuller interpretation of Murakami’s often overtly pop, commercial creations.